'The first task, he declared, was a national stock-taking of the' people and the resources of the province to see how the plan should be applied. Then Major Douglas would be asked to advise on technical points, The scheme would be gradually introduced, anda $25 "monthly dividend would be the last phase.
while, the Premier, Mr.
announced at Edmonton to-day that the Alberta' Government had temporarily suspended payments on Provincial savings certificates cause requests for payment had reached such proportions that they could be met only by measures involving questions of policy that must be determined by the new Government.
Mr, Reid added an assurance that the position was sound, there should be no undue ay sion regarding the worth of Alberta securities Reuter, Egypt's Oldest Man Dies Aged 153
Cairo, Sept. 1.
The grand old man of Egypt, Had} Omar Makboul, died here to-day at the age of 158. A soldier in the army of Mehemet Ah the deceased leaves a 73-year-eld son who was born when his father was only 80—Havas.
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